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    Cooking without fire recipes

    December 5, 2022 by Raks Anand Leave a Comment / Jump to Recipe

    Cooking without fire recipes that you can make it for competition as well as to involve kids to create the interest in them early.

    cooking without fire

    In this post, I have shared some fireless cooking recipes, ideas and in addition, strategies for No-cook recipes using mainly raw ingredients.

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    • Sandwiches
    • Dips & Spreads
    • Salads
    • Chaat
    • Other exciting snacks
    • Desserts/ sweets
    • Indian recipes
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    • Cooking without fire recipes

    Many years back, I used to have a good organic reach in my Facebook page and there used to me many social interactions.

    There will be at least one enquiry minimum about this cooking without fire competition. So I used to have this saved and copy paste to all of them.

    I thought why not make a post for easy reference, hope it will be useful.

    Sandwiches

    Sandwiches are cool, easy to make even for kids without doubt. So here are some from my archives. Of course you can use your imagination to come up with your own!

    1. Carrot Cucumber Tea sandwich

    Firstly, super easy yet tasty and treat to eyes no cook sandwich.

    Cucumber carrot sandwich recipe

    5 from 3 votes
    Cucumber carrot sandwich is a quick snack fix, really easy to prepare with carrot, cucumber, cream cheese/ cheese spread/ mayonnaise any, one spread plus black pepper.
    0 mins
    cucumber carrot sandwich

    2. Avocado cucumber sandwich

    Secondly, a healthy recipe perfect for college girls or health freaks.

    Avocado sandwich recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Avocado sandwich with cucumber, I have spread green chutney to suit my Indian taste buds. A simple and healthy one to start your day.
    0 mins
    easy avocado cucumber sandwich

    Dips & Spreads

    Dips can be served with chips, pita bread as well as even sandwich them between bread slices or serve it as open sandwich over a rustic bread slice.

    1. Avocado crema

    To begin with, a super tasty and sure a winner! Thus, if you are trying to make a platter, you can include this.

    Avocado crema recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Avocado crema with simple ingredients available at pantry. No sour cream, spicy dip with few bullet chillis. Step by step photos.
    0 mins
    avocado-crema

    2. Pesto

    Up next, Pesto, a flavorful spread and I suggest you to use it in sandwiches like one here.

    Pesto without parmesan

    5 from 2 votes
    Pesto without parmesan, a simple and easy vegan version that you can make with ingredients available in your pantry.
    pesto without parmesan

    3. Guacamole

    Another healthy classic spread which you can use to make a sandwich or serve it in Tostitos scoop/ Canapies wafer

    Guacamole recipe | Avocado recipes

    Salads

    Salads are healthy, wholesome as well as packed with texture loved by teens and adults for it's health factor.

    For that reason, here are my collection of salads that qualifies best for cooking without fire.

    Make sure to have a look at all in the list, you will definitely choose one!

    1. Sprouts salad

    Moong is very easy to sprout and here's a tasty salad for your menu.

    Moong sprouts salad recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Learn how to make green moong sprouts salad with how to make sprouts at home. With spices to match Indian taste buds.
    0 mins
    Moong-sprouts-salad-recipee

    2. Fruit salad

    A delicious salad with tropical mint dressing. Kids as well as adults would love this myriad of colors.

    Fruit salad with tropical mint dressing

    4 from 1 vote
    Fruit salad with tropical mint dressing topped with nuts for the crunch. Quick video step by step pictures post.
    0 mins
    fruit-salad-recipe

    3. Smashed cucumber salad

    Following it, a unique textured salad that I love and am sure you too will for it's taste and simplicity.

    Smashed cucumber salad

    4 from 1 vote
    Smashed cucumber salad juicy, spicy and fragrant. Perfect way to jazz up a salad for summer. quick video, step wise pictures.
    0 mins
    smashed-cucumber-salad

    4. Thai green mango salad

    Similarly, this is my most favorite for it's taste with the amazing dressing with peanuts and sauce combination. Who would not love mango as salad 😃

    Thai green mango salad recipe

    5 from 2 votes
    Thai green mango salad is a lip smacking dish you can have when green mangoes are in season, the best thing is this recipe is vegetarian!
    0 mins
    thai green mango salad

    Here are few traditional Indian recipes, skip the tempering part and you are good to showcase these as well as enjoy yourself.

    5. Carrot Kosambari

    A perfect balance of vegetable, lentil and simple lemon juice for a tangy twist.

    Carrot kosambari recipe

    5 from 2 votes
    Carrot kosambari is healthy, refreshing salad prepared with simple ingredients, in most simplest method.
    1 min
    carrot kosambari

    6. Cucumber kosambari

    Cucumber Kosambari recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Cucumber kosambari, vada pappu for Rama Navami. No cook prasadam for the festival as well as the summer season. Step by step photos, video.
    0 mins
    kosambari recipe

    Apart from this you can also make raitas without tadka like cucumber raita.

    Want to make something fancy? Check out this Stuffed cucumber.

    Chaat

    Chaat is an excellent idea for this topic. Especially, you get every ingredient readymade for putting together a plate. Thus here are some of the best recipes from my archives below.

    • Canapes chaat (Use pre cooked canapes)
    • Dahi papdi chaat (skip any cooking ingredients like potato and use sprouts instead)
    • Dahi puri
    • Schezwan dahi puri
    • Bhel puri (Try corn flakes, kurkure bhel kind of variations)

    Other exciting snacks

    1. Garlic bhel

    Firstly this is one of the flavorful chaat from Karnataka and easy to mix.

    Garlic bhel

    5 from 1 vote
    Garlic bhel is a simple no cook snack with few ingredients yet spicy, with burst of flavour. Quick video for this quick to make snack Karnataka street food snack.
    0 mins
    garlic-bhel-recipe

    2. Beach style Kara pori (use roasted peanuts instead of boiled)

    Following is a spicy snack famous in Marina beach with easy and simple ingredients available.

    Beach style kara pori recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Learn how to make beach style kara pori hygienically at home. A perfect mixture of all tastes, that you would love to have without any guilt.
    0 mins
    beach-kara-pori

    3. Jhal muri

    Finally, popular north Indian Sukhi muri mix.

    Jhal muri recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Jhal muri is a delicious street food, quick snack made with Muri, puffed rice as main ingredients. Vegetables, spice powders added along with tangy ingredients and magic ingredient mustard oil.
    0 mins
    jhal-muri

    4. Peanut chaat

    Simple easy starters that will excite your taste buds as well as easy to assemble. However, you may want to skip the cooking part of chaat masala and red chilli powder. Reduce red chilli powder to very little as well as just coat it with any healthy oil and toss with other ingredients. By default, use roasted peanuts.

    Peanut chaat recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Peanut chaat or masala peanut, a tasty starter in restaurant menus can be made at home for weekend or for get togethers.
    0 mins
    peanut chaat

    5. Masala papad style Khakra

    Since we are aiming for no fire cooking, instead of roasted papad, use khakra available in shops. To make this exotic, grate some Cheese over and serve. Check out this in Amazon (just for reference, it's not affiliate link)

    There are many flavors available, I love pizza, methi, plain ones too.

    Masala papad recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Masala papad is an Indian snack/ starter, that can be prepared very easily, yet very appetizing and delicious starter. It uses papad – a north Indian style papad specifically.
    10 mins
    masala papad

    Desserts/ sweets

    1. Elaneer payasam | Tender coconut kheer

    Elaneer payasam is an easy sweet/ dessert to prepare, yet an impressive one. Full video and step by step pictures recipe.

    In the below recipe, I have boiled milk but you can skip that part and use UHT milk in shelves, tetra pack (not fresh milk) like Amul and make it 100 percent no cook desset.

    Elaneer payasam recipe

    4.72 from 7 votes
    Elaneer payasam is an easy sweet/ dessert to prepare, yet an impressive one. Full video and step by step pictures recipe.
    15 mins

    2. Nungu payasam

    Same like above, just replace tender coconut with ice apples and also make sure to get tender ones, not hard nungu.

    Check out these easy as well as pretty dessert ideas for your no cook competition.

    1. Mango with cream

    Mango fresh cream recipe

    5 from 18 votes
    A simplest dessert one can do, is mango with fresh cream. Any fruit with fresh cream will go well we all know, so is mango with fresh cream tastes really delicious.
    mango with cream

    2. Strawberry cream

    Strawberry cream recipe

    4.82 from 11 votes
    Strawberry cream recipe with whipping cream and sugar. Just 3 ingredients, no artificial flavour/ colour. Step wise pictorial recipe.
    0 mins
    strawberry-cream-Indian-dessert

    3. Breakfast parfait

    Served in layers, these are tasty as well as treat to eyes. Here are two of my recipes below, but use your imagination to come up with your own combinations.

    Mango breakfast parfait recipe

    5 from 1 vote
    Mango Breakfast parfait with orange, layers of yogurt and granola. Basic recipe which can be adapted for other fruits like berries.
    0 mins
    mango breakfast parfait

    Kiwi banana muesli parfait recipe

    No ratings yet
    Kiwi banana muesli parfait recipe, filling and delicious breakfast parfait with greek yogurt, chia seeds, nuts and honey. Step by step detailed pictures.
    0 mins
    banana-kiwi-muesli-parfait

    4. Oats energy balls

    Healthy and bite sized snack served over mini muffin liners make them look so presentable.

    No bake oats energy balls recipe

    4.65 from 14 votes
    No bake oats energy balls recipe, super tasty quick peanut butter chocolate snack that is delicious too.
    0 mins
    oats-energy-balls

    5. Dry fruits laddu

    Sugar free healthy laddu. Skip roasting part and use raw nuts.

    Dry fruits laddu recipe | Sugar free laddu

    5 from 2 votes
    Dry fruits laddu recipe prepared with cashews, almonds, pistachios sweetened with raisins, figs and dates. Prepare within 15 mins and healthier with natural sweeteners.
    4 mins
    dry fruits laddu

    6. Nutella truffles

    Super easy, fun to make tasty nutella truffles.

    Nutella truffles recipe | Nutella recipes

    7. Biscoff cheese cake

    No bake cheesecake works like a charm. Fancy and tasty to impress your guests or judges in the competition.

    No bake biscoff cheesecake recipe

    4.63 from 16 votes
    No bake biscoff cheesecake recipe with detailed stepwise photos and video. No gelatin, agar agar or baking involved. Just 5 main ingredients!
    0 mins
    Serving suggestion for biscoff cheese cake

    Drinks - lassi, milkshake, nungu sarbath, elaneer sarbath, nungu rosemilk.

    Indian recipes

    1. Vella aval recipe

    Vella aval is a lovely idea, just use plain water and soak for long time. Use more ghee and shape them using pretty molds and serve it in muffin liners. I suggested this to my Brother In Laws office competition and they did this successfully.

    Vella aval recipe

    5 from 3 votes
    Gokulashtami is nearing and if you are looking for easy recipe to offer on the day of Gokulashtami, vella aval could be the perfect one.
    10 mins
    vella-aval-recipe

    2. Dahi poha

    Skip the tempering part and add some pomegranate in addition for colorful serving suggestion.

    Gopalkala | Dahi poha

    No ratings yet
    Gopalkala is nothing but dahi poha - aval/ flattened rice/ beaten rice mixed with curd (plain yogurt), cucumber and tempered with ghee.
    2 mins
    Dahi poha | Gopalkala

    3. Shrikand

    An easy dessert option, check out mango version and use it if it is in season.

    Shrikhand recipe

    No ratings yet
    Shrikhand is an Indian (Maharashtrian) dessert made with hung curd. Let's see how to prepare this with step by step photos and a quick video.
    0 mins
    shrikhand recipe

    4. Mango shrikhand

    Just another variation of Shrikhand

    Mango Shrikhand

    No ratings yet
    Mango Shrikhand is a yogurt (dahi) based Indian dessert variation of Gujarati famous Shrikhand. Quick video, stepwise photos.
    0 mins
    mango shrikhand recipe

    5. Mango salsa

    Serve them with tostitos, pita chips, tortilla chips, topping for tacos etc.

    Mango salsa recipe

    No ratings yet
    Fresh mango salsa recipe with fresh ripe mango. With only few ingredients, this is a perfect party pleaser.
    0 mins
    mango-salsa-recipe

    Below are two recipes I saw in a forum many years ago...

    6. Creamy Russian fruit salad

    Ingredients

    • ¼ cup Plain yogurt or hung curd
    • 2 tablespoon Cream
    • 2 tablespoon Mayonnaise
    • 1 Potato, boiled and cubed
    • ½ Carrot, chopped
    • 1 Mango, chopped
    • ½ Cucumber, chopped
    • ⅛ cup Cabbage, sliced
    • ½ of an Apple, chopped
    • ¼ cup Pineapple, chopped
    • ⅛ cup Pomegranate
    • ⅛ cup Grapes
    • 2 teaspoon Sugar
    • 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Powder
    • Salt

    Instructions

    1. Mix yogurt, cream, mayonnaise, salt, pepper and sugar smoothly. Then toss in other ingredients and serve.

    7. Chocolate Biscuit pops

    Ingredients

    • 18 Marie Biscuits or 10 Digestive biscuits
    • 2 teaspoon Cocoa powder
    • 2 teaspoon Sugar, powdered
    • 2 teaspoon Milk
    • 2 tablespoon Condensed milk
    • Dessicated coconut or crushed nuts for coating.
    • Tooth pics for serving.

    Instructions

    1. Take Marie biscuits and powder it.
    2. Add cocoa powder, some crushed dry fruits and 2 teaspoon of powdered sugar.
    3. Add milk and condensed milk to knead a dough adjust the quantity of milk to get a dough consistency.
    4. Make small balls and coat it with desicated coconut or crushed nuts.
    5. Insert a toothpick.
    6. Refrigerate to set it before serving.

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    Cooking without fire recipes that you can make it for competition as well as to involve kids to create the interest in them early.
    Course Breakfast, Main Course, Snack
    Cuisine Fusion, Indian
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 0 minutes
    Servings 4 people
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    • Sprouts salad
    • Nutella truffes
    • Mango salsa
    • Avocado Crema
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